WILTON — For 17 years, Deirdre Hynes-Ormond taught her Wilton High field hockey players to keep fighting on the field. The result was five state championships in the last 10 years.

On Friday afternoon, Hynes-Ormond — citing safety in the work place, out of control parents with connections to those in power and gender bias at Wilton High — stepped down as coach of the Warriors effective immediately.

Hynes-Ormond’s announcement came just months after she staved off the latest parental revolt that tried to oust her from her position.